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Christopher Tolkien

1924 - 2020

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Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (21 November 1924 – 16 January 2020) was an English and naturalised French academic editor and writer. The son of the author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher edited 24 volumes based on his father's posthumously published work, including The Silmarillion and the 12-volume series The History of Middle-Earth, a task that took 45 years. He also drew the original maps for his father's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. Outside his father's unfinished works, Christopher edited three tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (with Nevill Coghill) and his father's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Tolkien is the 918th most popular writer (down from 727th in 2019), the 857th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Writer.

Christopher Tolkien is most famous for being the son of the author J.R.R. Tolkien and for being the editor of his father's posthumously published works.

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Among writers, Christopher Tolkien ranks 918 out of 7,302. Before him are H. Rider Haggard, Italo Svevo, Mercè Rodoreda, MacKenzie Scott, Ida Tarbell, and Etty Hillesum. After him are Joseph Campbell, Rubén Darío, Artemidorus, John Jacob Astor IV, Kurt Eisner, and Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak.

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Among people born in 1924, Christopher Tolkien ranks 49. Before him are Henry Mancini, Dmitry Yazov, Jin Yong, Francisco Macías Nguema, Robert Solow, and Carroll O'Connor. After him are Kim Song-ae, Rauf Denktaş, Charlie Munger, Georg Ratzinger, Ante Marković, and Eduardo Chillida. Among people deceased in 2020, Christopher Tolkien ranks 52. Before him are Qasem Soleimani, Jack Steinberger, Masatoshi Koshiba, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Nexhmije Hoxha, and Oliver E. Williamson. After him are George Steiner, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Kim Ki-duk, Lucia Bosè, Georg Ratzinger, and Amadou Toumani Touré.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Tolkien ranks 857 out of 8,785. Before him are Daniel Rutherford (1749), H. Rider Haggard (1856), Sean Bean (1959), Charles Frederick Worth (1825), John Nelson Darby (1800), and J. Bruce Ismay (1862). After him are Michael Halliday (1925), John Vane (1927), Amélie of Orléans (1865), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), Glenda Jackson (1936), and James Joseph Sylvester (1814).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Tolkien ranks 92. Before him are Ian McEwan (1948), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Eleanor Marx (1855), Wilkie Collins (1824), Samuel Richardson (1689), and H. Rider Haggard (1856). After him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), David Irving (1938), Percy Fawcett (1867), Samuel Butler (1612), and Bruce Chatwin (1940).

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